He smiled. Crew members of the spaceship "Soyuz-23" Soviet cosmonauts Vyacheslav Zudov (R) and Valery Rozhdestvensky. It was this helicopter, under the command of instructor Davydov, that managed to attach a cable to the craft and drag it to shore. The spacecraft was designed to last about half an hour on Venus' harsh surface, but it ended up transmitting data for more than 2 hours after its landing on March 1, 1982. Owing to a blizzard, instead of the designated landing area, Soyuz-23 ended up landing in Lake Tengiz in Kazakhstan in temperatures of −20 °C two kilometers from the shore. As of April 2020 Soyuz has made 143 crewed spaceflights, including two emergency sub-orbital flights, Soyuz 18a and Soyuz MS-10.There have been 2 accidental spacecraft losses resulting in the deaths of four cosmonauts, Soyuz 1 and Soyuz 11. On October 14, 1976, the Soyuz-23 manned spacecraft was launched from the Soviet Baikonur Cosmodrome (now situated in Kazakhstan and leased out to Russia). When, on August 2, 2020, the Crew Dragon manned spacecraft landed in the Atlantic Ocean, it was the first such landing in 44 years. So it was deemed impossible to dock Soyuz-23 to the station without taking a risk and the commander decided to return to Earth. We've got more than 1,8 million followers on Facebook. Click here to find out more. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian space program continued to operate from Baikonur under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States.Russia wanted to sign a 99-year lease for Baikonur, but agreed to a US$115 million annual lease of the site for 20 years with an option for a 10-year extension. Crew members of "Soyuz-23" spaceship. He is now 78 and is retired. October 14, 1976. The rescue operation had lasted 12 hours. Additionally, one of the helicopters didn’t have its inflatable dinghies and wetsuits on board - they were simply forgotten during the hasty departure. He didn’t look too good, either. Support teams arrive at the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard in the Gulf of Mexico/Towing the device with a parachute by helicopter. In 2019, Zudov said in an interview with a Nizhny Novgorod news website that he was pleased the era of the space race was over. Only a single boat managed to get to Soyuz-23. Russians react to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon launch (PICS + VIDEO). It had flown out of Karaganda, and was commanded by rescue helicopterman Lt.-Col. Nikolai Kondratyev. They were both shaking with cold, their teeth chattering,” Davydov recalls. Valery Rozhdestvensky served at the Cosmonaut Training Center until 1992, was a keen rower, retired with the rank of colonel and died in 2011. “Two hours after the reserve parachute deployed, the crew experienced the first symptoms of oxygen starvation, which was gradually leading to asphyxiation, because of the accumulation of carbon dioxide. Get the week's best stories straight to your inbox. Landing had to be done quickly while there was still enough fuel. Then, Rozhdestvensky reported in a croaking voice that Zudov had lost consciousness from asphyxiation. When the spacecraft started descending over southern Africa, Flight Control Center dispatched helicopters with rescue teams to the intended touchdown area. But he was suffering from the cold himself and couldn’t reach the cosmonauts, because of the overturned position of the capsule. On the other helicopter, inflatable dinghies and wetsuits were found, and the rescuers rushed to the lake. “We are engaged in joint work on the International Space Station, in the development of which 14 countries took part. Russian - three person Earth orbital spacecraft; Early versions were operated by the Soviet Union and later versions by Russia after 1991. In his book ‘Space Catastrophes. Commander of the Soyuz-23 spacecraft Vyacheslav Zudov during training in the simulator ship. MOSCOW, October 22. During a nominal landing, the separation of three modules takes place at an altitude of 140 kilometers over the Arabian Peninsula. Davydov recounts how TASS photographer Pushkarev ran up to craft at that moment. Nearer to dawn, another rescue helicopter reached the capsule. Meanwhile, two boats failed to reach the spacecraft, as they got stuck in the ice of the frozen lake. On October 16, problems emerged during a docking attempt - the Igla automatic docking system malfunctioned, because the programmed data about the movement parameters of the craft and station did not correspond with the real values.
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